68 MATHEWS — INITIATION IN AUSTRALIAN TEIBES. [March is, 



and Wonnawal. I have given a comprehensive account of this 

 ceremony, with a plate illustrating the Bunan ground and the dif- 

 ferent objects connected with it in the American Anthropologist, 

 Washington, Vol. ix, pp. 327-344. 



No. 4 represents the country occupied by the tribes speaking 

 the Darkinung, Wannerawa, Warrimee, Wannungine, Dharrook 

 and some other dialects: Their country commences at the Hunter 

 river and extends southerly till it meets and merges into that of tiie 

 people of No. 3. Their ceremony of initiation is known as the 

 Narramang, which is described in a paper published in Froc. Roy. 

 Soc. Victoria, Vol. x, N. S., pp. 1-12. Their totemic system is 

 dealt with in ^Journ. Roy. Soc. JV. S. If ales, Vol. xxxi, pp. 

 170-171. 



No. 5. Within this area, which extends from the Hunter river 

 almost to the Macleay, the initiation ceremonies are of the Keeparra 

 type described by me in Jour?i. Anthrop. Inst. London, Vol. xxvi, 

 pp. 320-340. This tract of country is inhabited by the remnants 

 of the tribes speaking different dialects, some of the most important 

 of which are the following : Wattung, Gooreenggai, Minyowa, Molo, 

 Kutthack, Bahree, Karrapath, Birrapee, etc. North of the Hunter 

 river and extending along the sea coast to about Cape Hawk there 

 is an elementary ceremony called Dhalgai, which I have included 

 in the article last quoted. 



No. 6 represents the hunting grounds of the tribes whose initia- 

 tion ceremonies are dealt with in the preceding pages. Their sec- 

 tional divisions are the same as the tribes in No. 5, and are described 

 mjour. Roy. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. xxxi, pp. 168-170. 



No. 7 comprises the country of the Bunjellung, Gidjoobal, 

 Kahwul, Nowgyjul, Watchee, Yackarabul, Ngandowul and some 

 other small tribes, whose initiation ceremonies are of the Wandarral 

 type, described by me in Froc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, Vol. x, N. S., 

 pp. 29-42. Districts Nos. 2, 7, 8 and 9 cross the boundary of 

 Queensland, and Nos. i and 8 extend some distance into the Vic- 

 torian frontier. 



No. 8. On the west of Nos. i and 2 are the Barkunji, Bung- 

 yarlee, Bahroongee, Wombungee, Noolulgo and some other tribes, 

 occupying the country on both sides of the Darling river, as well as 

 on the Lower Paroo and Warrego. South of the Murray river are 

 several small tribes, among which may be mentioned the Wamba 

 Waraba, Waiky Waiky, Latjoo Latjoo, Mutti Mutti, etc. I have 



